"Heh heh!"
Sensing the surprise on her face.
The Capybara Beast Emperor was unusually excited.
It wasn't that he hadn't fought back earlier.
He'd just wanted to find out how big the gap was between him and these Earthlings.
After all, Yao Rao was one of the top female War Gods in the world.
He'd originally thought it would hurt a little when that woman hit him.
But in reality, the results were disappointing.
Even without this armor.
Yao Rao couldn't break through his defenses!
"You—you damn monster! I won't let you threaten the human world!"
Perhaps it was the instinct she'd developed from years of fighting monsters.
In Yao Rao's mind.
All monsters were vile and deserved to die!
Even if the one before her looked a little cute.
And even though there hadn't been a single report of it attacking humans.
She'd already made up her mind!
Yao Rao had no intention of talking things out.
"Monsters deserve to die? Then if you fell into my hands, what price would you have to pay?"
The Capybara Beast Emperor's retort left Yao Rao speechless.
From the human perspective, killing monsters seemed only natural.
But what about from the monsters' perspective?
Could humans be the ones acting unreasonably?
"Hmph! If I fell into your hands, you could do whatever you wanted with me!"
With a sharp cry.
Yao Rao launched her second attack!
"Whoosh!"
After failing to make any headway, Yao Rao knew ordinary attacks were useless.
She abruptly stepped back, gripped the whip handle with both hands, and poured all her Origin Force into the Shadow Whip!
"Thousand Shadow Strangling!"
With a sharp shout, the energy whip instantly split into hundreds, then thousands, of solid whip shadows.
These weren't mere feints. Every one of them contained tremendous cutting power.
They converged from all directions like a massive blue cage, closing in to strangle their target!
This was one of her signature moves, powerful enough to slice a King-level Lord Monster into pieces in an instant!
Facing the overwhelming attack, the Capybara Beast Emperor finally seemed to lose his patience for "playing around."
"Voom!"
The fifty-meter-wide Black Hole unfolded again in an instant!
This time, instead of spreading outward, its devouring field precisely enveloped the countless whip shadows!
A bizarre scene unfolded!
The thousands of energy whip shadows, each powerful enough to strangle a King-level monster, began to dissolve the instant they entered the Black Hole's field.
They melted away like snow beneath the sun!
The powerful Origin Force clinging to them was brutally stripped away and devoured, turning into streaks of blue light that disappeared into the pitch-black vortex!
In the blink of an eye, the terrifying Thousand Shadow Strangling had been completely neutralized.
All that remained was the original whip in Yao Rao's hand, its light considerably dimmer!
Even more terrifying, that familiar, irresistible devouring force seized Yao Rao once more!
"Ugh!"
She grunted as her body was dragged forward against her will. She was about to be sucked into the Black Hole!
The Capybara Beast Emperor stopped the suction just in time and shoved the horrified Yao Rao away.
Yao Rao stumbled as she landed, her hand trembling slightly around the whip. Beneath her mask, her red lips pressed into a tight line.
She looked at the Capybara Beast Emperor with unprecedented wariness and a trace of helplessness.
The Capybara Beast Emperor watched her at his leisure, his mental voice tinged with amusement:
"See? I told you one person wasn't enough. Who else wants to try?
"Better come at me all at once. I'm in a hurry."
Arrogant—unbelievably arrogant!
Everyone watching the live broadcast fell into deathly silence.
The strength this "Capybara Beast Emperor" had displayed, along with his bizarre Black Hole ability, sent chills down their spines.
But just as he was gloating.
Babata's nagging voice rang in his ear again.
"Do you really think this is something to be proud of? A successor of the Falling Ink Star wouldn't bully others with his strength!"
That little girl.
I was just trying to look cool.
"Then what am I supposed to do? Keep waiting for these Earthlings to come kill me one by one?"
"You could take the prisoners you've caught and go down first. Humans won't be able to find us anyway!"
What kind of advice was that?
Was she telling me, a peerless powerhouse, to hide like a coward?
No way!
I'm going to knock every human powerhouse flat, one by one!
But just then.
Two aircraft seemed to be approaching in the distance.
Through the windows.
The Capybara Beast Emperor instantly spotted two familiar figures.
Janet and Zhao Ruo.
The two girls had been undergoing trials on the South Australian Continent. They'd now received the alert and rushed over.
This was awkward.
He didn't want to hurt either of them.
And he didn't want the fighting to put them in danger.
Fine!
He'd listen to Babata!
The next moment.
The seaweed in the Capybara Beast Emperor's hand—no, the Magic Cloud Vine—quickly spread out and branched apart.
It wrapped around the stunned Yao Rao and Luo Feng, who was coughing up blood nearby.
Along with long-legged Aunt Venina, they were all captured without resistance!
"Huh? What are you doing?"
"Where are you taking me?"
Yao Rao was horrified.
But then she saw the Capybara Beast Emperor give her a strange smile.
"Come with me, all three of you, and you'll find out. I'll give you a chance to pledge yourselves to me!"
As soon as the Capybara Beast Emperor finished speaking with a teasing lilt, the Magic Cloud Vine tightened!
It bound Yao Rao, who'd just been subdued, tightly, along with Luo Feng, who was badly injured and nearly unable to resist.
Venina, who'd already been restrained, was caught up with them too. The three were bundled together like dumplings!
"What are you doing? Let me go!"
Yao Rao was furious and struggled desperately, but how could she break free of the Magic Cloud Vine?
"Bastard! Where are you taking us?!"
Venina shouted as well, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart.
Luo Feng was too badly injured to do anything but grit his teeth and endure it, watching the Capybara Beast Emperor with a complicated look.
"Everyone, that's the end of today's show. I'm taking them with me. If you've got what it takes, come rescue them!"
He waved a paw toward the invisible reconnaissance drones in the sky, then spun around.
With the three "prisoners" wrapped in the Magic Cloud Vine, he shot toward a deep pool nearby like a cannonball!
"Splash!"
With a tremendous crash, water sprayed everywhere, and the Capybara Beast Emperor and his three prisoners vanished beneath the pool's dark surface.
"They jumped into the water!"
"Quick! Track the signal!"
"Councilor Venina and Councilor Yao Rao's life signals are still active, but Luo Feng's is very weak!"
The live broadcast became extremely unstable the moment the Capybara Beast Emperor entered the water, then cut out completely.
The War God Palace was in an uproar. Everyone had been stunned by this sudden turn of events.
This Beast Emperor was not only powerful but also completely unpredictable!
Why had it abducted three human powerhouses? And what did it mean by "pledge yourselves to me"?
In the icy water, the Magic Cloud Vine emitted a faint green glow, forming a temporary protective barrier.
It blocked most of the water pressure and provided a little oxygen.
"Sorry, you three. I'm not too familiar with the Falling Ink Star's Soul Seal secret technique yet!"
"How about it? Mr. Luo Feng, would you mind being my test subject?"
So that was the Capybara Beast Emperor's real purpose.
He meant to use the Falling Ink Star's secret technique to control them as slaves.
Luo Feng was first in line!
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